03.12.2026
By Robert Romano A month into the partial government shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) — thanks in no small part to separating DHS funding from the rest of the government combined with an unwillingness to address Senate filibuster rules — there have been four […]
03.11.2026
By Robert Romano Consumer inflation edged ever so slightly up to 2.43 percent over the past 12 months in February while average weekly earnings slowed slightly to 4.1 percent, according to the latest data compiled by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, in what might be the last good news on inflation […]
03.10.2026
By Manzanita Miller President Donald Trump’s approval rating, which was tempered during the first year of his second term due to a slowly thawing economic mood, is beginning to rise since his State of the Union speech and decision to launch air and naval strikes against Iran […]
03.09.2026
By Robert Romano As the Iran War entered its second week of major combat operations, crude oil prices continued their massive spike, briefly surging above $119 a barrel — currently at $92 a barrel as of this writing — as more than a hundred oil and natural gas tankers remain stranded in the Persian Gulf, still unwilling to cross the Strait of Hormuz into the Gulf of […]
03.06.2026
By Manzanita Miller While the recent conflict between the U.S. and Iran is front and center in early March and will no doubt have a massive impact on the midterm election cycle, domestic issues must continue to be addressed, and President Donald Trump is doing exactly […]
03.06.2026
By Robert Romano The unemployment rate once again increased to 4.4 percent after decreasing for two consecutive months, as the unemployment level jumped 208,000 to 7.57 million, according to the latest data compiled by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics . The unemployment rate recently peaked in November 2025 at 4.5 percent, and the unemployment level at 7.78 million. Just another 21,000 unemployed and […]
